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(Created page with "{{Infobox civil conflict | title = Velvet Revolution | partof = the Rumahokian transition to democracy | image = 300px | caption = A crowd celebrates on an armoured car in Santa Maria, 30 April 1994. | date = 30 April 1994 (38 years ago) | place = Rumahoki | causes = * Political repression by the Estado Social regime on {{wp|civil liberties}}, the {{wp|working class}}, {{wp|political freedom}},...") Tag: 2017 source edit |
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| side2 = {{flagicon|Delepasia|1988}} [[Estado Social (Rumahoki)|Estado Social]] | | side2 = {{flagicon|Delepasia|1988}} [[Estado Social (Rumahoki)|Estado Social]] | ||
| leadfigures1 = {{ubl|{{flagicon|Delepasia|army-1988}} [[Vito Borbon]]|{{flagicon|Delepasia|army-1988}} [[Lazaro Elias]]}} | | leadfigures1 = {{ubl|{{flagicon|Delepasia|army-1988}} [[Vito Borbon]]|{{flagicon|Delepasia|army-1988}} [[Lazaro Elias]]}} | ||
| leadfigures2 = {{ubl|{{flagicon | | leadfigures2 = {{ubl|{{flagicon|Delepasia|1988}} [[Francisco de Costa]]|{{flagicon|Delepasia|1988}} [[Nicolas Torres]]}} | ||
| casualties3 = 5 deaths | | casualties3 = 5 deaths | ||
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Six hours later, the Torres government relented. Despite repeated radio appeals from the "Velvetines" (the DR Society) advising civilians to stay home, thousands of Delepasians took to the streets – mingling with, and supporting, the military insurgents. A central gathering point was [[Dominican Square]], which was where the end of the [[Viceroyalty of Los Rumas]] was declared 142 years prior. Some of the insurgents put flowers (mostly orchids, passion flowers, and carnations) in their {{wp|gun barrels}}, an image broadcast on television worldwide. Although no {{wp|mass demonstrations}} had preceded the coup, spontaneous civilian involvement turned the military coup into a popular revolution "led by radical army officers, soldiers, workers and peasants that toppled the senile and increasingly ailing Pascual dictatorship, using the language of socialism and democracy. The attempt to radicalise or even reverse the outcome", noted a contemporary observer of the time, "had little mass support and was easily suppressed by the Velvetines and their allies." | Six hours later, the Torres government relented. Despite repeated radio appeals from the "Velvetines" (the DR Society) advising civilians to stay home, thousands of Delepasians took to the streets – mingling with, and supporting, the military insurgents. A central gathering point was [[Dominican Square]], which was where the end of the [[Viceroyalty of Los Rumas]] was declared 142 years prior. Some of the insurgents put flowers (mostly orchids, passion flowers, and carnations) in their {{wp|gun barrels}}, an image broadcast on television worldwide. Although no {{wp|mass demonstrations}} had preceded the coup, spontaneous civilian involvement turned the military coup into a popular revolution "led by radical army officers, soldiers, workers and peasants that toppled the senile and increasingly ailing Pascual dictatorship, using the language of socialism and democracy. The attempt to radicalise or even reverse the outcome", noted a contemporary observer of the time, "had little mass support and was easily suppressed by the Velvetines and their allies." | ||
Torres found refuge in the main headquarters of the ''fuvicivides'' at the Plaza Batista. This building was surrounded by the DR Scoiety, who pressured him into ceding the premiership to General Quintero. Torres and the head of the [[Delepasian Armed Forces]], [[Francisco de Costa]], were sent to [[The Cape]]; both would spend the rest of their lives there until their deaths in 2000 and 2007, respectively. [[Maximilian I of Rumahoki|Emperor Maximilian I]], however, threw his support in favour of the revolution, specifically in support of the moderate socialist Velvetines who led the coup. The revolution was closely watched by neighbouring [[Almadaria]], fearing a possible refugee crisis should a civil war happen. | Torres found refuge in the main headquarters of the ''fuvicivides'' at the Plaza Batista. This building was surrounded by the DR Scoiety, who pressured him into ceding the premiership to General Quintero. Torres and the head of the [[United Delepasian Armed Forces]], [[Francisco de Costa]], were sent to [[The Cape]]; both would spend the rest of their lives there until their deaths in 2000 and 2007, respectively. [[Maximilian I of Rumahoki|Emperor Maximilian I]], however, threw his support in favour of the revolution, specifically in support of the moderate socialist Velvetines who led the coup. The revolution was closely watched by neighbouring [[Almadaria]], fearing a possible refugee crisis should a civil war happen. | ||
Four civilians were shot dead by government forces under the Ministry of Internal Security, whose personnel involved were later arrested by the DR Society. | Four civilians were shot dead by government forces under the Ministry of Internal Security, whose personnel involved were later arrested by the DR Society. | ||
